The importance of plume rise on the concentrations and atmospheric impacts of biomass burning aerosol

Walter, Carolin; Freitas, Saulo R.; Kottmeier, Christoph; Kraut, Isabel; Rieger, Daniel; Vogel, Heike; Vogel, Bernhard

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-9201-2016

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26 Jul 2016

Research article |

| 26 Jul 2016

The importance of plume rise on the concentrations and atmospheric impacts of biomass burning aerosol

Carolin Walter, Saulo R. Freitas, Christoph Kottmeier, Isabel Kraut, Daniel Rieger, Heike Vogel, and Bernhard Vogel

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RC1: 'Referee Comment to ACP2015-964', Anonymous Referee #2, 16 Feb 2016
- AC1: 'Reply to referee #2', Carolin Walter, 31 May 2016
RC2: 'Walter et al. , “The importance of plume rise on the Concentrations and Atmospheric Impacts of Biomass Burning Aerosol”', Anonymous Referee #3, 01 Mar 2016
- AC2: 'Reply to referee #3', Carolin Walter, 31 May 2016
RC3: 'Referee Report for ACP-2015-964, The Importance of Plume Rise on the Concentrations and Atmospheric Impacts of Biomass Burning Aerosol by Walter et al.', Anonymous Referee #1, 04 Mar 2016
- AC3: 'Reply to referee #1', Carolin Walter, 31 May 2016

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by Carolin Walter on behalf of the Authors (31 May 2016) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (17 Jun 2016) by Alexander Baklanov

AR by Carolin Walter on behalf of the Authors (22 Jun 2016)

Short summary

Buoyancy produced by vegetation fires can lead to substantial plume rise with consequences for the dispersion of aerosol emitted by the fires. To study this effect a 1-D plume rise model was included into the regional online integrated model system COSMO-ART. Comparing model results and satellite data for a case study of 2010 Canadian wildfires shows, that the plume rise model outperforms prescribed emission height. The radiative impact of the aerosol leads to a pronounced temperature change.